SKU: A0.553691

The Holberg Suite, Op. 40, more properly From Holberg's Time (Norwegian: Fra Holbergs tid, German: Aus Holbergs Zeit), subtitled Suite in olden style (Norwegian: Suite i gammel stil, German: Suite im alten Stil), is a suite of five movements based on eighteenth century dance forms, written by Edvard Grieg in 1884 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Dano-Norwegian humanist playwright Ludvig Holberg.

It exemplifies nineteenth century music which makes use of musical styles and forms from the preceding century.

The movements of the suite are:

1. Praeludium (Allegro vivace)
2. Sarabande (Andante)
3. Gavotte (Allegretto)
4. Air (Andante religioso)
5. Rigaudon (Allegro con brio) ( This one)

The Holberg Suite was originally composed for the piano, but a year later was adapted by Grieg himself for string orchestra. The suite consists of an introduction and a set of dances. It is an early essay in neoclassicism, an attempt to echo as much as was known in Grieg's time of the music of Holberg's era.

Although it is not as famous as Grieg's incidental music from Peer Gynt, which is itself usually performed as arranged in a pair of suites, many critics regard the works as of equal merit.

It is arranged here for double wind quintet, and I have transposed it from the original G to F to aid the clarinet 1 quaver figure.

SKU: A0.1008082

This piece, for soprano and alto duet with piano and flute, speaks of the persistence of the dove, the peace maker, faced with war, famine, poverty, etc. It was written when the United States went to war with Afghanistan and Representative Barbara Lee stood up and was the lone voice against war. Although the piece is secular, the use of the symbol of the dove would work well in religious services.
The piece involves a two against three rhythm which suggests the difficulties the dove faces flying for peace against the overwhelming odds of war.
The .mp3 file is computer generated with choral oohs for the voices. The words are:

Now the dove flies, sails the war-torn skies,
feels the wind rip through her wings.
Tossed and turned now, cries of war howl,
tear-ing through her, and she still sings. 

Sings to march-ers on crowd-ed streets
sing-ing songs of love and songs of peace.
Tips her wings to those who dare stand tall,
speak re-sound-ing no's in hal-lowed halls. 

They say that that sin means to miss the mark.
I have so man-y times aimed in the dark.
We fail in lit-tle ways, be-tray our friends.
It was-n't planned that way.
Dis-trac-tion leads to e-vil ends. 

The sha-dow fear clouds our at-ten-tion.
Mind falls a-stray in-to dis-sen-sion.
Ig-no rance can twist the dart
and then it falls far from the mark. 

Na-tions, too, a-stray our free-doms bend
‘til some have bombed away all chance at friends. 

We see glo-ry mag-ni-fied.
Shout our prais-es to the to the skies.
Build our mon-u-ments to our wars,
for-get-ting the needs of of weak and poor. 

And still the dove flies while the earth cries
pol-lu-ted with more de-bris of war.
Child-ren sick now, soldiers cry foul!
Dove is weep-ing and yet she hums. 

Hums to child-ren who die
de-spite moth-ers' deep cries.
Sings to young who march to war,
de-spite fa-thers' out-raged roars.
Wings o-ver fa-mine and drought,
pol-lu-ted wa-ter, pol-lu-ted ground.
Folds us un-der her down-y breast.
Warms us in her gen tle nest.

Yes, the dove flies. Sails the wa- torn skies.
Feels the wind rip through her wings.
Tossed and turned now cries of war howl
tear-ing through her and yet,
and yet she sings. 

SKU: S9.Q8838

Rätoromanisch • German.

SKU: A0.1186181

Amazing Grace é uma música cristã que se tornou um hino popular em todo o mundo, e é frequentemente tocada em funerais, serviços religiosos e eventos solenes. A música foi escrita pelo poeta e clérigo anglicano John Newton no século XVIII, originalmente como um hino para o serviço dominical da Igreja da Inglaterra.

Sheet Music for Violin and Cello Duet.
A letra da música fala sobre a graça redentora de Deus e a salvação que Ele oferece a todos, independentemente de suas falhas e pecados. A letra também reflete a própria história de vida de Newton, que anteriormente era um comerciante de escravos, mas depois se converteu ao cristianismo e se tornou um defensor da abolição da escravidão.

A melodia da música é baseada em uma antiga melodia escocesa, e é simples e comovente, permitindo que as letras se destaquem. A música é geralmente cantada em um ritmo lento e emocional, com arranjos instrumentais minimalistas que destacam ainda mais a beleza das letras.

Amazing Grace é considerada uma das músicas mais conhecidas e amadas da tradição cristã, e já foi gravada por inúmeros artistas em todo o mundo, em uma variedade de estilos musicais diferentes. A música também é um exemplo do poder da música em conectar as pessoas, independentemente de sua fé ou crenças, e em oferecer conforto e esperança em tempos difíceis.

SKU: A0.1429158

We arranged this for toy piano which has 32 keys: F to C.

SKU: A0.1428728

We arranged this for toy piano which has 32 keys: F to C.